National Institutes of Health addresses the science of diversity.

@article{Valantine2015NationalIO,
title={National Institutes of Health addresses the science of diversity.},
author={Hannah A. Valantine and Francis S. Collins},
journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
year={2015},
volume={112 40},
pages={12240-2}
}

The US biomedical research workforce does not currently mirror the nation's population demographically, despite numerous attempts to increase diversity. This imbalance is limiting the promise of our biomedical enterprise for building knowledge and improving the nation's health. Beyond ensuring fairness in scientific workforce representation, recruiting and retaining a diverse set of minds and approaches is vital to harnessing the complete intellectual capital of the nation. The complexity… CONTINUE READING